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    Home > Asian

    Thai Style Peanut Pork

    Published: Mar 1, 2022 by Nicky Corbishley

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    This simple Thai-inspired Peanut Pork melts in the mouth and is all cooked in one pan, with the oven doing most of the work.
    The pork is slow-cooked until it's fall-apart tender, in a delicious sauce packed with Thai-inspired flavours and finished off with fresh beansprouts and coriander.
    It's perfect comfort food as the evenings are getting cooler.

    Close up photo of Thai style peanut pork in a bowl with rice
    Jump to:
    • 📋 What do we need?
    • 📺 Watch how to make it
    • 🍽️ What to serve it with
    • Thai Style Peanut Pork Recipe
    • 🍲 More fantastic Thai Inspired Recipes
    • 💬 Reviews

    Whilst not exactly diet food, this Thai Style Peanut Pork is homecooked and extra tasty, the slow-cooked pork is beautifully tender and mouthwatering.

    📋 What do we need?

    overhead photo of Ingredients for peanut pork laid out on wooden board.

    I find that pork shoulder works really well in this dish as it has nice fat running through it which renders down as it's cooking and becomes really tender and juicy.

    📺 Watch how to make it

    Full recipe with detailed steps in the recipe card at the end of this post.

    1. First of all we're searing the pork shoulder in the pan.
    2. Then we're adding an onion and some spices along with garlic and ginger.
    3. Next we're adding in those Thai inspired flavours with the Coconut Milk, Peanut Butter, Lime and Fish Sauce.
    4. Bring to a simmer and place the lid on
    5. Cook in the oven at 170c/325f for 90-120 minutes.
    6. Finish off by adding some lime juice and fresh beansprouts

    👩‍🍳PRO TIP I like to use a heavy cast-iron casserole dish for this recipe.

    Close up overhead shot of Thai style peanut pork in a bowl with rice.

    Top with some fresh chillis and coriander before serving and everything will be ok with the world again.

    It’s a lovely comforting dish to look forward to after a long day at work (and leftovers, warmed up in the office microwave is the best idea ever!).


    I was looking at the recipes on Kitchen Sanctuary that are proving to be most popular at this time of year – and they ALL seem to be meaty, slow-cooked comfort food type dishes like:

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    So it seems like you guys are with me on this, its time for slow-cooked comfort food 🙂

    🍽️ What to serve it with

    I like to serve this delicious Thai peanut pork with boiled rice, steamed tenderstem broccoli, and a dollop of Sweet Chilli Sauce but it would also go well:

    • with some homemade fried rice , or
    • As a filling for a jacket potato or is that a bit weird?
    A close up photo of Thai Style Peanut Pork in a white bowl with a sprinkling of fresh coriander.

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    Overhead photo of thai style peanut pork on a bed of rice in a white bowl.

    Thai Style Peanut Pork Recipe

    By: Nicky Corbishley
    This simple Thai-inspired peanut pork melts in the mouth! Made with peanut butter, spices and coconut milk it's easy and delicious!
    4.88 from 8 votes
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    Prep Time 15 minutes mins
    Cook Time 2 hours hrs 15 minutes mins
    Total Time 2 hours hrs 30 minutes mins
    Course Dinner
    Cuisine Asian, Thai
    Servings 4 servings
    Calories 645 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • 1 tbsp sunflower oil
    • 1 kg (2.2 lb) diced pork shoulder
    • 1 onion - peeled and chopped
    • 2 tbsp. ground coriander
    • 1 tbsp ground cumin
    • 1 tsp ground ginger
    • ¼ tsp garlic salt
    • 300 ml (1 ¼ cups) chicken/veg stock - (use vegetable bouillon for gluten free)
    • 400 ml (14 oz) can full fat coconut milk
    • 2 heaped tbsp peanut butter - check if you need it to be gluten free, it usually is though
    • 2 tbsp fish sauce
    • Juice of 1 lime
    • 100 g (1 cup) beansprouts - (these can be fresh, or canned beansprouts that have been drained)

    To Serve:

    • Boiled rice
    • Fresh coriander - cilantro - roughly torn
    • Green chillies - I use Fresno chillies, chopped
    • Chili flakes
    • Steamed tenderstem broccoli - (optional)

    INSTRUCTIONS
     

    • Preheat the oven to 170c/325f, Then heat the oil in a large casserole pan on a high heat until hot.
    • Add the pork, and brown on all sides - takes about 6-8 minutes.
    • Turn down to a medium heat and add the onions. Cook for 5 minutes, moving around the pan regularly, until the onions soften.
    • Add the coriander, cumin, ginger and garlic salt and stir.
    • Add the stock, coconut milk, peanut butter, and fish sauce. Stir and bring to a gentle simmer.
    • Then place a lid on the pan and place in the oven to cook for 90 minutes to 2 hours until the pork is fall apart tender. NOTE: Check a couple of times in the last hour, if its looking a little dry then you can stir in a splash of water.
    • Once the pork is tender, remove from the oven and stir in the lime juice, then add the beansprouts.
    • Stir and place back in the oven for 10 minutes.
    • Remove from the oven and stir. Serve over boiled rice, garnished with fresh coriander. Add some chopped fresh chillies and/or dried chilli flakes if you like a bit of heat.

    Video

    ✎ Notes

    Nutritional information is per serving, without the serving suggestion of rice, coriander and chilli.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 645kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 43gFat: 46gSaturated Fat: 25gCholesterol: 102mgSodium: 897mgPotassium: 1330mgFiber: 4gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 1334IUVitamin C: 95mgCalcium: 204mgIron: 11mg
    Keywords Any Time Of the year, Autumn food, Comfort Food, slow cooked
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    This post was first published in January 2017. Updated Sept 2021 with new photos, improvements to the recipe, a video showing the process. Updated March 2022 for housekeeping reasons.

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    1. Gregg says

      February 03, 2023 at 6:11 am

      5 stars
      Superb recipe with delicious results. You can tell from the ingredients and cooking approach that recipes like this are sure winners, before you even lift a finger to start cooking. We’ll done Nicky (again!).

      Reply
    2. Carol Walden says

      November 09, 2022 at 11:58 pm

      4 stars
      Very tasty & easy to cook which is a bonus!! Followed recipe exactly. Thank goodness fish sauce doesn't taste like it smells. Will definitely be making this again especially as gluten free for my son. 😀❤️

      Reply
    3. Jane MacDonell says

      October 28, 2022 at 3:26 pm

      5 stars
      So delicious and fabulous in the slow cooker ! Foolproof recipe , thank you !

      Reply
      • Nina S says

        August 27, 2023 at 3:41 pm

        How did you cook it in the slow cooker? I don’t see the directions here - did I miss something?

        Reply
    4. Kate says

      October 21, 2022 at 8:34 pm

      I have a friend who is allergic to fish. Could I use soya sauce instead of fish sauce, or do you have another recommendation?

      Reply
    5. Brenda says

      October 21, 2022 at 4:19 pm

      Could you cut up pork shoulder steaks for this?

      Reply
      • Jane says

        October 28, 2022 at 3:29 pm

        5 stars
        Hi Brenda, that is what I used, it is exceptional food and a nice cheap cut in most supermarkets.

        Reply
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